Pillow-sham holder.



Patented Mar. I8, 1902 I. HEBERT.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

' (Application filed Nov. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

'illlllilllllllllllll WA I Z WI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISMAEL HEBERT, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PlLLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters l atent No. 695,555, dated March18, 1902.

Application filed November 5, 1901. Serial No.'8l,222. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISMAEL HEBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester,in the county of Hillsboro and State of NewHampshire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pillow-ShamHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pillow-sham holders; and itconsists in a certain peculiar construction the novelty, utility, and advantages of which will be fully understood from the followingdescription and claims when taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating myimproved sham-holder in its proper operative position on a bedstead;Fig. 2, an enlarged section illustrating one of the bracketarms of theimprovements andthe clips through the medium of which said arm isconnected to the head-post of the bedstead; Fig. 3, a side elevation ofthe same; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of the clip.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A A are the head-posts of ametallic bedstead, B

B bracket-arms designed to be connected to and extend forwardly fromsaid posts and having circular recesses a in their inner sides and alsohaving transverse apertures b in communication with said recesses, and Ca swinging sham-frame. This latter in thepreferredembodimentoftheinventioncomprises bars a, of wood, arrangedside by side and having circular disks or enlargements d at their outerends, journaled in the recesses a' of arms B, and also having trunnionse, in the form of fastening-screws, journaled'in the apertures b of saidarms, metallic straps f, each connected to one of the bars a and looselyreceivin g the other, whereby said bars are held together and yet arefree to be moved end- Wise on each other to adapt the frame to bedsteadsof various width, and wires g, carried by the bars c,-the said wiresbeing adapted for the connection of the pillow-shams after the usualmanner and being each provided with a loop or eye h, receiving the outeror longitudinal portion of the other, this in order to connect andenable them to lend rigidity and strength to each other Withoutinterfering with the endwise' adjustment of the bars the clips to betterhold them thereto.

' a, before referred to. The frame 0, constructed and mounted on thebedstead in the manner described, is obviously adapted when it isdesired to make or use the bed to be readily swung upwardly and out ofthe way and when it' is desired to cover the pillows with the shame tobe as readily swung down into the position shown in Fig. 1. When theframe 0 is swung upwardly and rearwardly beyond the vertical until itbrings up against the head of the bed, it will remain in such positionuntil returned by the attendant to the position shown in Fig. 1. It willalso be observed that while large and strong bearings are afforded forthe bars 0 and said bars are free to turn in the bracket-arms B theheaded screws 6, screwed into the ends of the bars, preclude casualdisconnection of the same from the bracket-arms' At their inner ends thebracket-arms B are provided with T-heads i, having apertures j andrecesses is. TheseT-heads are designed for the connection of clips D,and when they are placed as shown best in Fig. 2 their recesses 1creceive the head posts Aandenable The clips D, by preference,respectively comprise a bow Z, which is formed of sheet metal, so as toenable it to readily conform to and snugly hug the head-post of abedstead, and is provided at its ends with integral barrels m,preferably closed at their inner ends, and bolts n, brazed or otherwisesecured in the barrels and projectingfrom the same.

In assembling the parts on a bedstead the clips D are placed on the head-posts A, and their screws are passed through the aperturesj of thebracket-arms B and connected thereto by nuts 10, when the bracket-armswill be securely fixed on the head-posts and held against casualvertical or lateral movement or displacement. By virtue of theconstruction of the arms B and clips D it will be observed that the armsmay be quickly and easily fixed on the head-posts A and as readilydisconnected and removed therefrom; also,

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In the pillow-sham holder described, the bracket-arms having circularrecesses in their inner sides adjacent to their outer ends, andtransverse apertures in the outer walls of said recesses,and also havingT-heads at their inner ends, recessed at k and provided with aperturesj, the swinging sham-frame comprising su pporting-bars adj ustablyconnected together, and having circular disks at their outer endsjournaled in the recesses of the bracket-arms, and wires connected toand carried by said bars, trunnion-screws passed through the transverseapertures of the bracket-arms and into the ends of the bars of thesham-frame, resilient,sheet-metal clipbows adapted to straddle thehead-posts of a bedstead, and having integral barrels at their ends, andbolts secured in said barrels and adapted to be passed through theapertures of the bracket-arms, and nuts on said bolts.

2. In the pillow-sham holder described, the bracket-arms having T-headsat their inner ends, recessed at 70 and having apertures j, a swingingsham-frame journaled in said arms, clips adapted to straddle thehead-posts of a bedstead and comprising resilient, sheetmetal bows,barrels formed integral with the bows at the ends thereof, and boltssecured in said barrels and adapted to be passed through the aperturesof the bracket-arms, and nuts on said bolts.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ISMAEL IIEBERT.

\Vitnesses:

L. S. BoIvIN, J. B. CAVANAUGII.

